Feed guide or gage for printing-presses.



' L. W. PHILLIPS & L. B. HAINES.

FEED GUIDE 0R GAGE FOR PRINTING PRESSES. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 12. ms.

1',25Q,006 Patented Dec. 11 1917..

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LANNES WILLIAM PHILLIPS AND IJJ'IJIIREKJ-Bv SAN ANTONI TEXAS.

FEED GUIDE OR GAGE FOR PRINTINGPB,ESSES.-

To all whom it mag/concern:

Be it known that we, LANNES WILLIAM PHILLIPS and LUTHER B. HAINES, citizens of the United States, residing at San Antonio, in the county of 'Bexar and State of Texas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Feed Guides or Gages for Printing-Presses, of which the following is and easily shiftable fromone position to another and by which fine adjustments of the stop members for the work embodied as a part of the guide'or gage may be effected. A further object of the invention is to provide a guide or gage of the class specified that may be readily fastened to the platen of the press or to the tympan or covering sheet in an adjustable manner without the use of adhesive substance or glue to hold the gnide or gage in place.

Vith these and other objects and advantages in viewthe invention consists in the construction and arrangement of the several parts which will be more'fully'hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the platen of a press showing a pair of the improved guides or gages positioned thereon and engaged by a sheet of paper to receive an impression.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged section taken in the plane of the line 22, Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged section taken in the plane of the line 3-3,- Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a horizontal section taken in the plane of the line 4 -1, Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 illustrates the parts of the improved guide or gage in detail perspective and separated. v

The numeral 5 designates a platen having a tympan or covering sheet 6 thereon, and the improved guides or gages 7 are applied in pairs to the tympan or covering sheet, as

Specification of Letters Patent.

1 Patented Dec. 11, 1917.

AppIication fiIeG. December 12,1916. seriaimi. 136,550.

shown by Fig.1. Eachguide or gage j'is a duplicate of the other inconstruction and only one will therefore be particularly scribed. Each guide or gage comprises essentially two members 8 and 9 of substantially block form and constructed of suitable metal, the member 8 being the engaging member for the edge of thecard, envelop, sheet or other matter placed on the tympan6 for printing or embossing rimpression, and the member '9 constitutes the supporting member with which the member 8 is'oper'atively and adjustably associated.

The member 8 has a card, envelop or. sheet engaging edge 10, a rear edgeslot 11, a bot: tom recess 12 and horizontal slots 13 extending longitudinally thereof from the edge 10 to the rear terminal ofthe member 8. v The engaging member 8 also has ascrew socket 14 extending centrally in a longitudinal direction from the front terminal (vall of the slot 11 partially through the body of this member in advance of .the'said slot, as clearly shown by Figs. 3 and 4:. The supporting member 9 has a central forwardly projecting tongue 15, a lower thin plate 16 secured to the bottom thereof and provided with yielding attaching prongs 17, a smooth bore 18 extending centrally through the body of this member 9 and the tongue 15 thereof, and opposite horizontal" slots 19 similar to the-slots 13 of the member 8. An adjusting screw 20 is held in the member 9,this screw having threads 21only at its freefextremity' to engage the socket 14. of the member 8, and also provided with a milled head 22 with openings 23 therein at ings 23 inith e'head 22 of the screw 20 are adapted to be engaged bya spanner-wrench or other suitable implement to rotate the the rear end of the member 9. The open- I' in sidewise vibration by the tongue 15 of.

the member 9 which engages the slot 11 of l the said member 8. The plate 16 provides for an adjustment of the member 8 without any liability of the said member sticking or adhering to the tympan or sheet 6, the

plate 16 engaging the bottom recess 12 of the member 8, but fast or immovably secured to the supporting member, 9. The slots. 13 and 19. are alined when the members 8 and 9 are assembled and are adapted to receive afeed'clip 2&1 cons st ng of a strip of metal with an upturned card, envelop or sheet engaging terminal or guard This feed clip may be positioned in either side of the guide or gage in accordance with the desire of the operator, but when in one side or the other it is held in fixed position with relation to the member 8, and while it operates to positively retain the card, envelop or sheet in engagement with the guide or gage, it at the same time permits a ready withdrawalof the same from the tympan or covering sheet 6 after the impression has been made by the type of the press. The securing. prongs 17 which project from and form a part of the plate 16 are loose some distance relatively to the under side of the guide or gage, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 4, so as to afford an opportunity for positively fastening the guide or gage to the tympan or covering sheet 6, as shown by Fig. 2, and by using two prongs as the fastening means for the guide or gage the latter is prevented as a whole from having shifting or displacing movement due to vibration or operation of the platen 5. The guide or gage'through the medium of the prongs 17 may be readily adjusted in any position desired 011 the tympan or covering sheet 6 by inserting the said prongs through the sheet as shown by Fig. 2. The length of the prongs by reason of their formation relatively to the plate 16 insures a stable bearing and application of the guide or gage and also overcomes the numerous disadvantages incident to the old method of gluing or otherwiseadhering the guide or gage to the tympan or covering sheet. After the pair of guides or gages embodying the features of the invention has been applied to the tympan as shown by Fig. 1, an adjustment thereof may be readily accomplished by operating the screws 20 and thereby shifting the engaging members 8 so as to move the engaging edges 10 either away from or toward the supporting members 9 and by such means a proper set or feeding disposition of the card, envelop or sheet may be regulated without in the least affecting the applied position of the guides or gages through the medium of the prongs 17. However, as before indicated, the guides or gages as a whole may be readily detached from one position which each has been occupying relatively to the tympan or covering sheet 6 and reapplied to some other point on the said tympan or sheet.

It will be readily understood that the improved guide or gage obviates the use of quads, pins and other make-shifts now commonly employed, and, moreover, the adjusting screws 20 fit the supporting members 9 snugly and tightly so that any jar of the press will not change the adjustment of the guides or gages when the press is in opera tion. Each. of the adjusting screws also has a center collar 26 between the smooth portion thereof and the threads 21, said center collar engaging a corresponding recess 27 in the center of the free end of the tongue 15. lit will be seen that this recess is an enlargement of the bore 18. It will also be understood that changes in the proportions and dimensions of the several parts of the improved guideor gage may be adopted to accommodate various applications of the same. i

What is claimed is:

1. In a feed guide or gage for printing presses, the combination of a supporting member provided with means for separably attaching it to a tympan, an engaging member adjustably associated with the supporting member and carrying a card, envelop or sheet holding clip adjustable with the said engaging member, the supporting member having a forwardly projecting tongue and the engaing member provided with. a rear slot to receive the said tongue of the supporting member, and means carried by the supporting member and movably operating in part in the engaging member for adjusting the latter.

A feed guide or gage for printing presses provided with a thin metal bottom plate having yielding attaching prongs integrally formed therewith and extending rearwardly therefrom on opposite sides of the longitudinal center of the plate, the attaching prongs continuing from an intermediate portion of said plate and beyond the rear edge of the guide or gage, the prongs being movable to and from the portion of the plate from which they extend, a supporting member fixed to one extremity of the upper portion of the plate, and a work engaging member slidable over the remaining portion of said plate, the supporting member and engaging member having centrally disposed adjusting means extending longitudinally thereof for shifting the work engaging member relatively to the supporting member on the said plate.

3. A feed guide or gage for printing presses provided with a thin sheet metal bottom plate having yielding attaching prongs extending from an intermediate portion thereof and beyond the rear edge of the guide or gage and disposed on opposite sides of the longitudinal center of said plate to reinovably engage a tympan or covering sheet, a suppoin 1g member fixed to the upper side of said thin sheet metal bottom plate and under which the said prongs project, and an adjustable work engaging member mounted to slide on the remaining por tion of the bottom plate and in direct contact with the latter, the said supporting member an d ustable work engaging memher having centrally located adjusting means extending longitudinally thereof and interfitting guiding means at their inner ends whereby the adjustable work engaging member may be moved on the plate from and toward the supporting member in posi.

tive alinement with relation to said supporting member.

a. A feed guide or gage for printing presses comprising a bottom plate provided with means extending therefrom for separably engaging a portion of a platen, a supporting member fixed to the said bottom plate, a card, envelop or sheet engaging member adjustably associated with the supporting member and movable to and from the latter on the bottom plate, said supporting and engaging members having clip holding means at the side portions thereof, and a clip engaging portions of the clip holding means and reversely applicable to either side of said members.

5. A feed guide or gage for printing presses comprising a bottom plate provided with means for removably holding the same in adjustable position relatively to a portion of a platen, a supporting member fixed to the bottom plate, an engaging member adjustably held in connection with the supporting member and movable on the bottom plate, the two members having alining slots in their opposite side portions, and a holding clip carried by either of the slotted side portions of the two members and adjustable with the engaging member and movable in the one slotted side portion of the supporting member.

6. A feed guide or gage for printing presses comprising a bottom plate provided with means for removably holding the same in adjustable position relatively to a portion of a platen, a supporting member fixed to the bottom plate, an engaging member adjustably held in connection with the supporting member and movable on the bottom plate, the two members having alining slots in the1r opposlte side portions, and a holding clip carried by either of the slotted side portions of the two members and adjustable with the engaging member and movable in the one slotted side portion of the supporting member, the said holding clip always having an extremity thereof projecting a uniform distance beyond the inner edge of the adjustable engaging member and angularly bent upwardly to form a guard.

7. A feed guide or gage for printing presses comprising adjustable members, and a holding clip reversibly applicable to either of the sides of the members, means being provided for attaching the holding clip to the adjustable members.

8. In a feed guide or gage for printing presses, a supporting member provided with Copies of this patent may be obtained for presses,

means for separably attaching the same to a tympan or covering sheet, a card, envelop or sheet engaging member adjustably associated with the supporting member, and an adjusting screw extending through and held in the supporting member and having an extremity adj ustably connecting the said engaging member, the supporting member having a tongue projecting centrally therefrom and the engaging member provided with a slot toreceive the said tongue, the said screw extending centrally through the tongue of the supporting member into the engaging member and provided with means exterior of the supporting member for adjusting the same and the engaging member.

9. In a feed guide or gage for printing presses, a supporting member having slots in opposite portions and provided with means for attaching the same to a tympan or covering sheet, a card, envelop or sheet engaging member adjustably connected to the supporting member and also having slots in opposite portions thereof which aline with the slots in the supporting member, and a holding clip applicable to the slots of the two members and reversible in relation to the latter. 1

10. In a feed guide or gage for printing a supporting member having a bottom plate with prongs yieldingly extending therefrom and serving as means for removably and adjustably securing the guide or v gage to a tympanor covering sheet, a card, envelop or sheet engaging member adjustably associated with the supporting member and movable on the said plate, the engaging member having means at opposite sides to removably receive a clip, and a holding clip engaging member and supporting member I having longitudinally disposed clip retaining means at opposite sides, and a holding clip removably applied at one side to the engaging member and supporting member and also applicable to the opposite sides of said members. I

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands.

LANNEs WILLIAM PHILLIPS. LUTHER B. HAINES.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner QtIatents. Washington, D. G. 

